PS 350^ 
.R721 

S6 
1912 
Copy ^ 



V 





jTj,' .iTWOnMWEtPWlO«CfRFOR. ' 
i 'nUfi LiVfO'WtS SUl- BT MMSaPRICC. 
! FfiOn Ctfl'TMllPl'.'.'.;) l-WiT or WfcR 



"^^^S^?S:?#^'>fiS^ 







I< \ 



The Spirit of Peace 



l^Vcd I'-mcrson Hrooks 



II 



ITiis poem \v:is written by Mr. Hrooks for Lookout Mountain, \\ . R. C, 
and read by its President, Mrs. (jeorj];ia Hod^man, at the dedication of the 

Peace Monument in Herkele\ , Cahtornia, l'el)ruary twenty-second, nineteen 

hundred and twelve, the seventli stanza bem^ set in tlie l)ronze 

tablet on the side of the monument 



F'roni the Press of 
Jo Anderson, 416 J Street 



Sacramento. Cal. 



Illustrations bv Marv Crete Crouch 



f"' I^ 



"3. 






•In 



. >^r^' 



©Cf.A31880: 




e Kear IKe dead of ages cry- 
md all Ihe lolling millions plea 
iiowlong shall human teings die 
To salis^^ a nations greed! 



Lei Christian nations hear in mind 
Ihis world is hul a monster school 
ere Ihey are sel to teach mankind 
Gods charier law-lhe Golden l?ule. 



Can we our conscience jusliS'^ 
While selling savage nations rum? 

s war religions haltle cry? 
Shall we serve God wilh fife and dram? 



Lef all Ihe ships Ihat plow the sea 
Ihc human race slill closer bind; 

While ihaf proud banner of Ihe free 
lo world-wide peace leads all mankind. 



Let freedoms soaring eagle scare 
All warring vultures from Ihe earth 

And heavenward all ihe incense bear 
Iha) moihers burn around the hearth. 





War's curse is no! alone its dead : 
What endless grief the baHle slarlj 

The path of glorj^ heroes Iread 
is ever paved with broken hearts 




Let women weep no longer for 
uxQw loved ones slain ty mans caprice: 

from oul the palsied lliroal of war 
mere comes the silent prajer for peace. 

Tliis war scarred monster seems to s^: 

War is a nations only Vice: 
(me thou th)r fellow man fair play 

And make this world a paradise. 



ar clouds wiU never mar the slgr 
When peacehJ mortals come to hnow- 
The first to shout the tattle crj 
Do not themselves to Battle go. 



Le[ nalions Iry some wiser scheme. 

Willi world-wide laws lo make thcmjusl 
'A world-empowered C^url Jupreme 

Willi world-police lo say^-lhe)^ musi ! 



Lcl precious blood no more be sKcd, 
Nor liuman backs wilb laxes bend; 
Lei war have no more Iribulc dead! 

Cries Reason: Lei Ihere be an end! 




^ 




•^w 



?FP 4 ^912 



Digitized by the Internet Archive 
in 2011 with funding from 
The Library of Congress 



http://www.archive.org/details/spiritofpeaceOObroo 



llmu,!^!^^ °^ CONGRESS 

018 602 294 4 



/ 



